Disaster Artist

When people are paying attention to awards season, what exactly should they be paying attention to?

As of the Golden Sparrow Awards, the first stage of the awards season is in full swing, and some clues can be vaguely seen, and a small number of works have already stood out.

From the current point of view, the leading works in the first group have a wide range, and a large number of excellent seed players are bustling with each other, and the battle is very fierce.

"The Post" and "Billboard" by Lion Films, "Arrival" by Tianshan Entertainment, "Blood War" by Damen Films, "Beach Town" by Anonymous Films, "Moonlight" by Twenty-Fourth Street ", Seven Seas Media's "Phantom of Clothes", Blue Whale Films' "City of Falling Stars" and "Miss Nightingale"...etc.

Almost every work has a background—

After last year, Lion Pictures handed over the perfect answer sheet for the awards season for the second consecutive year. It is no wonder that they have been ambitious and look forward to opening up the Mutant Warriors universe, starting from the two levels of business and art, and promoting the company to the next level. One level, they are indeed on the right track.

This year, Spielberg, a representative of the new wave of commercial films and twice the best director of the Golden Book Awards, once again brought a new work "The Post". Frenzy; and Omni is competitive in different awards.

And "Billboard" is made by the director with an alternative style, Mai Tang. This is a director with a black humor style. All his works are written by himself, and he is good at cutting into the reality of social life with black and absurd techniques. Known as the most talented ghost after Kun Dabin.

McDonnell has always believed in slow work and meticulous work. It usually takes four to five years to produce a film. "Billboard" is only his third film. The previous two films were black comedies. The style of the film is unique. This time, the "billboard" has been widely acclaimed since it landed at the Blue Summer Film Festival. Although it was a pity that it returned empty-handed at the Blue Summer Film Festival, the awards season ushered in a full-scale explosion, and there is a tendency for latecomers to take the lead.

There is no doubt that Lion Pictures has become the strongest contender for this year's awards season for the second year in a row. In fact, these two are not the only aces in their hands. Widely acclaimed, it means to take over Wei Wei's vacancy.

However, the competition in this year's awards season is extremely fierce, and other opponents are definitely not weak, and they can even be evenly divided with Lion Films.

Tianshan Entertainment's "Arrival" and Damen Films' "Blood Battle at Yunling" are all familiar faces. They landed in Lanxia, ​​moved to Seca, and then went to full release. Thinking is the shining point, the ingenious collision of commercial and artistic levels won the applause of the audience——

Perhaps, the two works failed to win awards in Lanxia, ​​but they had already won the audience's love as early as Lanxia, ​​and now both of them have gone one step further.

"Seaside Town" by Anonymous Films and "Moonlight" on 24th Street are two small independent studios.

The former's surprise top spot at the Golden Book Awards last year attracted countless attention and ignited a comprehensive discussion, and then they announced an in-depth cooperation with Blue Whale Films. "Seaside Town" was produced by Anonymous Films and Blue Whale Films. Released works, this year's awards season is sweeping again.

A small behind-the-scenes tidbit is that one of the producers of "Seaside Town" is Ma Da. This project is the first cooperation project confirmed by Anonymous Films after finding Blue Whale Films. Then they found Ma Da and invited Ma Da Ma Da was very interested in playing the leading role, and nodded in agreement.

Later, he was unable to perform as scheduled due to schedule reasons. Ma Da himself was very, very disappointed. After thinking about it, he recommended the work to his childhood partner, Zhang Benyu—that is, Zhang Benqing’s younger brother. The three grew up together. Zhang Benyu was also introduced by Ma Da. OK.

In fact, Zhang Benqing was not satisfied with this cooperation. He obviously didn't like Lu Qian, and he was still bitter about it, but Zhang Benyu didn't care. Cooperation is also a fate.

The latter follows the path of Damen Films, focusing on developing cool-toned movies. No matter what the subject matter, they can give movies a little sad philosophy. They have established their own brand in just a few years, benefiting from the independent On the contrary, the autonomy and characteristics of the workshop are clearer than that of Damen Films.

There is no connection between these two works, but they all have something in common, because they were produced by small workshops, and they hardly attracted any attention before they were released, but they have attracted attention one after another after they landed in theaters, from film critics to senior movie fans. To people in the industry, word of mouth ushered in a full-scale explosion.

"Seaside Town" scored 96 points in the comprehensive media review, and "Moonlight" scored 99 points in the comprehensive media review. Both works are on the same level as "City of Falling Stars", and the overall momentum is not inferior to any other work. , and even faintly suppressed the "Post" and "Billboard", and the voice continued to rise.

Among them, "Seaside Town" has won countless praises in terms of script and performance, and Zhang Benyu has become the leader in this year's battle for actor.

Although it has nothing to do with Zhang Benqing, it still makes people think of "lover". Zhang Benqing had hoped to win the Golden Book Award performance nomination; but I don't know how Zhang Benyu's luck is this year, whether it can change Zhang Benqing's bad luck. Usher in a breakthrough.

As far as the present is concerned, Zhang Benyu is indeed far ahead in the first stage of the battle for the best actor, which once again reminds people of the many praises that Blue Whale Films has received in the past two years in terms of acting awards. The training actor does have a little bit of magical powers.

In addition, there is Qiyang Media, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com, which can be called a unique landscape in Lanchuan. It is obviously stingy, but the strategy of careful calculation can always find its position just right. This year is no exception. It seems to be low-key, but as the awards season progresses, it reappears.

"Phantom of Neon Clothes" was written by Qin Shuqing, the director who won the best director slam in the three major film festivals, and is known as the best candidate for the master of the Mesozoic Era.

This year, Qin Shuqing has been very low-key, preparing his work without any hassle. It will be postponed until next year to meet the audience.

However, Qiyang Media still caught up with the deadline for the registration of the Golden Book Awards. The film debuted in a low-key manner, and once again won a 90-point media comprehensive review, once again continuing Qin Shuqing's lofty status in the eyes of film professionals, and almost every shot can win. Full house.

Moreover, "Phantom of Clothes" is not the only trump card of Seven Seas Media. The two works of "Darkest Hour" and "Nocturnal Animals" also opened up the awards season.

Of course, in addition to this, there is also Blue Whale Films, which no one can ignore.